44 Weeks -- Up - Down - Up - Down

I LOVE my Dolly!

Is there a resemblance?

My goodness, Claire is all over the place. She can stand unassisted for long periods of time. She pushes herself up on just about everything. It is hard to change her diaper because she believes she needs to move. She loves Cooper and Rex and I think they like her. Cooper thinks she wants to play when she gets a hold of one of his toys and he gets so excited but we have to remind him to calm down.

Cooper lets me suck on his tags..YUCK!

44 Weeks -- We have steps!!!! Claire can take 3-4 steps at a time before she falls down. She pushes and walks behind every toy possible. We hit up the zoo again this weekend for the 4th. I was really packed but fun. Of course we went by the aquarium because that is Claire's favorite. We visited the new Little People section which was really cute once Claire gets bigger. I am working on scrapbooking so I am getting behind on the blog but using the blog to update the scrapbook.

Love the grass!
This is a water bed for babies, Claire thought it was pretty cool.

43 Weeks -- This was my birthday weekend. I had a great day at VBS and then picked Claire up early to get her 9 month pictures, which turned out adorable. She looks like a kid. We headed to the balloon festival in Howell (forgot the camera!). Claire played her first carnival game and won a price by using a fishing pole to catch fish (with mom's help). It was soooo hot so we took off and bought Claire a blow up kiddie pool which she loved. Claire is now signing for milk when she is hungry.

42 Weeks -- Father's Day -- We went to Big Rapids to visit Grandpa George. Claire got her Daddy a mouse pad with a bunch of pictures of her and her Daddy. Suz and I took tons of pictures of Claire, Addy, Abby and Ivy is the yard. The girls are so good together. Said 'da-da' and 'ma-ma'. She is standing up in her crib once she gets up.

And she is off...

Hanging with my cousins
Me and Grandpa

41 Weeks -- We went to the Toledo Zoo! It was a perfect day and we met the Szyjka's there. Claire played with Ryan in the grass and loved looking at the fish in the tanks. We got her a giraffe and we will start collecting the animals each time we visit the zoo. Hopefully we will go a few more times since we have a membership. You are officially parents when you have a zoo membership. haha

Claire is not shy, she says Heelllo Ryan!

Yup that is my da-da